Audio recordings of Mises Wire articles, offering contemporary news and opinion through the lens of Austrian economics and libertarian political economy.
This Audio Mises Wire episode argues for the repeal of the Jones Act, a 1920 maritime law requiring ships carrying cargo between U.S. ports to be U.S.-built, U.S.-owned, and U.S.-crewed. The episode frames the Jones Act as economically harmful despite support from unions and the maritime industry. The core argument…
Worth it if you're interested in libertarian critiques of maritime regulation and want a quick ideological argument for Jones Act repeal, but not if you seek balanced policy analysis.
This Audio Mises Wire episode features Lew Rockwell discussing Justin Raimondo's biography of Murray Rothbard, the influential libertarian philosopher and economist. The episode appears to be a commentary on or reading of an article titled "Still the State's Greatest Enemy," which references Rothbard's legacy and…
Worth it if you're deeply interested in libertarian intellectual history and want Lew Rockwell's perspective on Rothbard's legacy and Raimondo's biography.
This Audio Mises Wire episode examines the philosophical and legal distinction between 'equality before the law' as a legal principle and the expectation that law can or should produce equality of subjective feelings or outcomes among citizens. The episode appears to draw from an original Mises Institute article…
Worth it if you're interested in libertarian critiques of constitutional equality doctrine and want a concise philosophical clarification of a legal distinction.
This Audio Mises Wire episode explores 'Libertarian Realism' as a framework for understanding foreign policy. The core argument challenges the conventional notion of 'national interest' as an abstract ideal, instead proposing that foreign policy decisions are fundamentally driven by the concrete interests of those who…
Worth it if you're interested in libertarian critiques of foreign policy or want to understand how public choice theory applies to international relations.
This Audio Mises Wire episode presents an argument that government should dissolve itself, based on the premise that if government agents truly protect citizens from foreign and domestic threats, then the logical conclusion would be self-liquidation. The episode appears to be an audio adaptation of a Mises Institute…
Worth it if you're already sympathetic to libertarian critiques of government and want a quick ideological reinforcement, but not if you seek balanced analysis or empirical support.
This Audio Mises Wire episode presents a libertarian critique of Social Security, arguing that the program is fundamentally a transfer payment system rather than an insurance or investment scheme with a dedicated trust fund. The core argument is that Social Security operates by taking money from current wage earners…
Worth it if you're interested in libertarian economic perspectives on entitlements and want a concise statement of the 'transfer payment' argument, but not if you seek balanced analysis or empirical depth.
This Audio Mises Wire episode examines the persistent appeal of socialism despite its documented historical failures. The episode frames the central puzzle: if socialism has repeatedly failed in practice—from the Soviet Union to modern implementations—why do intellectuals, activists, and ordinary people continue to…
Worth it if you're already skeptical of socialism and want ideological reinforcement from an Austrian School perspective, but not if you seek balanced analysis of socialism's contemporary appeal.
